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World cities culture trends 2025 : 10 global trends for culture in cities

World cities culture forum

The 2025 Trends Report builds on insights from our Cities and the 13th World Cities Culture Summit under the theme ‘Tomorrow’s Culture: How Will the Next Generation Shape Our World?’ hosted by the city of Dubai from 30th October to 1st November 2024.

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2025

The European music ecosystem : a conceptual framework definition of the European music ecosystem to understand and drive its diversity, creativity and solidarity making it competitive, resilient, and attractive

Kimenai, F., Winter, C., Tari, M., Artmania, ESNS, Linecheck, ... [et al.]

The European music sector in the 21st century has arrived at a crossroads. The demand for music reached new levels, with economic results in the main business areas of the sector indicating a solid rebound following the corona pandemic. Simultaneously a shifting of social, cultural and technical trends is creating increasing complexity, alongside shifting dynamics and interdependencies within the sector. The perception that the music sector is increasingly characterised by its complexity and interdependencies results in an understanding of the sector less in terms of its traditional linear value chains and more as a music ecosystem. The trend of conceptualising a complex sector as an ecosystem is also seen in other sectors, and forms the basic premise of the EU Industrial strategy. This overview of trends and challenges exemplifies the current state of the European music ecosystem. Next to the trends, there is a reflection on the current challenges, followed by an outline of the potential of the ecosystem for future value creation.

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2025

Fair pay in the arts : the talk of the town or the elephant in the room?

Polivtseva, E., IETM

Through this publication, the aim is to extract insights into the various roles that public funders, artists, unions, resource organisations, and institutions, can undertake in promoting and enacting fair pay practices. The report sheds light on possible gaps in existing frameworks, as well as areas outside of regulations and legal enforcement. Furthermore, the publication discusses the various dilemmas within the fair pay debate that hinder positive change. It presents several examples of successful policies and advocacy processes and addresses obstacles that may prevent the integration of fair practices into policies and everyday operations.

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2024

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Green’s the word : cultural policies and the ecological turn

Rodrigues, V.

The paper highlights the urgent integration of environmental sustainability into cultural policies due to the ongoing ecological emergency, a link which, preliminary research suggests, has a strong perceived legitimacy among cultural practitioners. It investigates how are cultural policies addressing the ecological imperative, beyond the incorporation of the sustainability rhetoric. Based on a comprehensive survey of arts organisations in Portugal, policy document analysis, and reflective field notes, it discusses how the overwhelming ‘green agenda’ is being translated into national cultural policymaking. Key questions are whether the global synchronization around green policies might be resulting in homogenization/policy diffusion processes, whereby different governments attune themselves in a movement akin to epistemic governance, or whether the push towards ‘greening’ cultural policies is allowing for context-sensitive adaptations and leading to innovation and reassessment of traditional cultural paradigms.

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2024

State of the game industry 2024

GDC

GDC asked over 3,000 game developers about their work and the industry. We found they’re implementing more accessibility options into their games, they’re growing frustrated with social media, and they’re divided on mandatory return-to-office policies. A striking observation derived from job losses in the industry – naturally a pressing concern for many. Among the insightful developer comments on the subject was the following: “Studios grew too quickly during the pandemic.”

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2024

Before the storm : culture as an agent of transformation

Kern, Ph.

Founder and managing director of KEA European Affair presents a compelling case for the integration of culture into the collective response to global challenges. He argues for the recognition of culture not as a luxury, but as an indispensable resource for building resilient communities and fostering sustainable development. Through a collection of insights and observations, Kern demonstrates how culture serves as both a mirror and a catalyst for societal change against a backdrop of uncertainty and turmoil: from the international conflicts (for example in Ukraine) to the disruptive forces unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Publication to mark the 25th anniversary of KEA European Affairs, an international policy design research centre specialised in culture and creative industries.

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2024